Rob Zombie, director of the Halloween film coming to theaters Friday, may not think his horror movies influence behavior in younger viewers. But there is no denying he was heavily influenced by images he says he has seen in his 42 years. There was the time he was playing in his backyard on a sunny day when he heard a man's screams.

Straddling a 619-pound motorcycle, Scotty Pollacheck tucks in his knees and lowers his head as he waits for the green light. When he revs the engine, there's no roar. The bike moves so fast that within seconds all that's visible is a faint red taillight melting in the distance.

Straddling a 619-pound motorcycle, Scotty Pollacheck tucks in his knees and lowers his head as he waits for the green light. When he revs the engine, there's no roar. The bike moves so fast that within seconds all that's visible is a faint red taillight melting into the distance.

Inside the Zombie house, a wooden electric chair with leather straps sits by the front door. A full suit of armor stands nearby. There's even a stuffed white mouse resting on an entryway table. But when a visitor comments that their Halloween decorating is coming along nicely, there's laughter from musician/horror film director Rob Zombie and his wife, actress Sheri Moon Zombie.